Medium Tanks of each force from AW2.
Medium Tanks are a Land Unit. They have appeared in all Advance Wars games. They have higher attack and defense than Light Tanks, but are less mobile and also more expensive. Medium Tanks are present in almost every drawn-out battles, overpowering most land units but are weak against indirect attacks and Neotanks.
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Famicom Wars[]
- Main article: Tank A (Famicom Wars)
Super Famicom Wars[]
| Primary Weapon | Ammo | Ammo Price | Range | Machine Gun? | Special Commands |
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| Tank Cannon | 10 | 4G | 1 | Yes |
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| Move | Fuel | Cost (G.) | Vision | EXP Value | |
| 5, Treads | 60 | 12,000 | 2 | 3 |
Game Boy Wars 3[]
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| Armored | 3500 | 46 | 5 | River Treads | 70 | 19 | 2 | City |
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| 15 | 40 | - | 15 | - | 9 | 12G | 1 | |
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| 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 9 | 2G | 1 | |
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| 45 | 45 | 18 | 50 | - | N/A | N/A | Land | |
Advance Wars[]
| Weapon One | Ammo | Range | Weapon Two | Special Commands |
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| Medium Tank Cannon | 8 | 1 | Machine Gun |
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| Move | Fuel | Cost (G.) | Vision | |
| 5, Treads | 50 | 16,000 | 1 |
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising[]
| Weapon One | Ammo | Range | Weapon Two | Special Commands |
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| Medium Tank Cannon | 8 | 1 | Machine Gun |
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| Move | Fuel | Cost (G.) | Vision | |
| 5, Treads | 50 | 16,000 | 1 |
Advance Wars: Dual Strike[]
| Weapon One | Ammo | Range | Weapon Two | Special Commands |
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| Medium Tank Cannon | 8 | 1 | Machine Gun |
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| Move | Fuel | Cost (G.) | Vision | |
| 5, Treads | 60 | 16,000 | 1 |
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin[]
- Main article: Medium Tank (Days of Ruin)
Competitive Play[]
A Medium Tank in Advance Wars : Days Of Ruin
In Advance Wars 1, its sequel and Dual Strike, while not without its uses, Medium Tanks were uncommon in competitive matches, especially in the early game. Generally, the majority of early game units cost less than 10,000G and saving up for an early Md. Tank can put you at a big disadvantage. The exception would be Colin and Hachi, who with their ability to reduce unit costs, could afford it easily.
A higher cost does mean higher stats, with the Md. Tank being able to hold its own against multiple Artillery barrages, fare well against B-Copters as well as effectively eliminate low-cost units. Another drawback to the Md. Tank is its slow 5-space tread movement, which makes the Md. Tank especially difficult to engage its targets. Using cheap units to block flat terrains and delay the Md. Tank's movement can eliminate its threat completely. But if the Medium Tank does get the chance to attack, it can wipe out Infantry, all indirect units and lightly armored vehicles in just one attack, given that no defense bonuses are in play.
Days of Ruin rebalanced the Md. Tanks by reducing their cost from 16,000G to 12,000G, making them much more affordable, and rushing a single Md. Tank a viable strategy.
All in all, the Medium Tank is a heavy-hitter that can devastate the mid-game with proper economy planning and positioning. The Md. Tank's biggest difficulty doesn't just revolve around its high cost, but its slow speed as well, making it an easy target to indirect units to slowly whittle down its health, or for Light Tanks and Mechs to swarm it before it gets a chance to attack. If you can deal with the Medium Tanks' downsides, then all that's left is a juggernaut unit that can turn the tide of battle in just a single turn.
Trivia[]
- The Orange Star's and Rubinelle's Medium Tank design is based on the US M1 Abrams.
- The Green Earth's Medium Tank design bears some resemblance to the Sturmtiger, Char B1 , and Mark V.
- The Blue Moon's, Lazuria's, and IDS' Medium Tank design is strikingly similar to the IS-3 heavy tank.
- Although in Reboot Camp it resembles KV-85 or IS-2 more, due to turret is no longer round and frontal armor is no longer kite shaped.
- Yellow Comet's Medium Tank Design closely resembles the Soviet KV-2 Heavy Tank. Very few tanks have such a disproportionally huge turret.
- Black Hole's Medium Tank vaguely resembles a German Tiger tank.
- In several Victory Screens of Black Hole Rising, there are two Challenger 2 Tanks, which are considered heavy tanks for their armor.
- Several other victory screens shows Tiger tanks being assembled in a workshop.
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